Tag Archives: Fit
By steve | Published: February 11, 2010
“Researchers have often applied a one-size-fits-all model to relational work design, overlooking situational and individual differences in the functions of workplace relationship.“ (Grant & Parker, 2009: 36)
The underplaying of social relationships and social cohesion as significant facets of work and organisation is not new. In part this may be attributable to the difficulty researchers encounter [...]
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The 4th Fit Forum event on the theme of fit/non-fit through the lens of Human Systems Dynamics (HSD), took place on the 9th December. Our guest was Glenda Eoyang of the HSD Institute, and many thanks once again to Glenda for her time.
The event consisted of an initial interview with Glenda, during which we explored [...]
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The 3rd Fit Forum event on the theme of the conscious and unconscious in fit creation, took place on the 24th September. A compact and bijou group this time, the quality of debate and critical reflection was high – so thanks to Bruce, Bob and Sue for doing that.
The key themes to emerge were:
Relationship to [...]
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Based on the thoughts and feedback from last time, we’re going to talk about the role of the conscious and subconscious in fit in the next call. Time permiting, we’ll also try and touch on fit in the context of mergers and acquisitions but I suspect we won’t have enough time to do justice to [...]
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Our chat on the 13th was enjoyable and wide ranging and thanks to Bob, David, Beverly, Ricardo, Sue and Sabine for joining us.
Steve suggested we explore three questions;
How do you decide if there is good or bad fit between someone when you meet them?
How long does it take to decide if there is a good [...]
We enjoyed an interesting first call of the Fit Forum with a ‘bijou’ group on the 16th July (summary and recording here) and having overcome some of the technical problems (fingers crossed!), we thought we’d see if there was any appetite for a second call?
Having reflected on the discussion and given a piece we were [...]
We held our first call on the 16th July. The conversation was detailed and wide ranging, along with being reasonably close given the small group who were able to join us and who bared the technical glitches we had (our thanks go to Bob, Nick and Edna!).
We explored fit in general and traversed a wide [...]
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Relationships account for 30-40% of differences in performance – Part 2 of ‘Where next for the Fit Forum?’